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Canadian Jewish News covers Sherman Health Science Research Centre opening

Posted on 28 September 2010

It used to be a hockey arena. Now it houses the latest functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology, wrote the Canadian Jewish News Sept. 22: Last week, York University officially opened the Sherman Health Science Research Centre, a facility for research in brain and vision, biomechanics, virtual reality and robotics. Planning for the facility, which […]

Shermans’ investment made York's state-of-the-art Health Science Research Centre possible

Posted on 23 September 2010

The opening last week of a new state-of-the-art health research centre was made possible by a $5-million investment by York University Foundation board member Honey Sherman and her husband Dr. Barry Sherman, president and CEO of Apotex Inc., wrote the Jewish Tribune Sept. 21: The project brings scientists who study the brain and vision, virtual […]

VIDEO: Professor Michael Jenkin's AquaPad tablet computer allows divers to communicate at depth with underwater robots

Posted on 23 September 2010

You would balk at getting an iPad wet, but a tablet computer has now been designed to work deep under the sea – not to allow divers to check e-mail, but so that they can communicate with underwater robots working in hard-to-reach or dangerous locations, such as the inside of shipwrecks or caves in coral […]

York opens Sherman Health Science Research Centre, specializing in neuroscience, kinesiology and psychology research

Posted on 15 September 2010

Originally the site of some of York’s most memorable hockey moments and reputed to have the best arena ice in the province, the former York University Ice Arena, known as the Ice Palace, is now home to a new kind of dream team. The Keele campus building's transformation from a hockey rink into an innovative new health science research centre […]

York is hiring an MRI technologist to work in the Neuroimaging Laboratory

Posted on 20 July 2010

Research-related contract positions attached to either York's research centres or major research projects within the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation are now posted on this site. You can find them in the Research Jobs section. York is currently seeking an MRI technologist to work in the Neuroimaging Laboratory, located in the Sherman Health […]

Video: York to the Power of 50 leaves research legacy of new chairs, professorships, facilities and scholarships

Posted on 4 June 2010

York University’s largest fundraising campaign came to a successful conclusion yesterday with a wrap event at Glendon Manor. York to the Power of 50, which launched publicly in 2006, raised $207 million, exceeding its $200-million goal. Students, donors and other campaign supporters joined representatives from York and the York University Foundation for a celebratory fête to […]

High-school students get an inside look at science and research at York

Posted on 12 May 2010

On May 6, the Science in Action bus brought 30 high-school students from the York Region District School Board (YRDSB) to the University as part of a tour created to showcase the many opportunities that await these future scientists and entrepreneurs. YORKbiotech, along with the Regional Municipality of York, the Town of Markham and YRDSB organized the tour to […]

York welcomes Professor Keith Schneider, new researcher in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Posted on 15 April 2010

University of Missouri professor and brain researcher Keith Schneider will join York University on July 1 as a professor in the Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science & Engineering and as the coordinator of the University’s new Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) brain research facility. The facility will be located in the new Sherman […]

Canadian Institutes of Health Research president hosts town hall meeting at York

Posted on 8 February 2010

After accepting an invitation from the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, Dr. Alain Beaudet, president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), made his first visit to York University on Jan. 19. During the visit, Beaudet met with a strong and diverse group of York researchers and conducted a town hall meeting. The […]